Starship Troopers Goes Gold

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By Andrew Burnes

In this continuing day of mediocrity, Starship Troopers goes gold:

Leading video game publisher Empire Interactive announced today that through a license agreement with Sony Pictures Consumer Products, the highly anticipated and fast-paced video game Starship Troopers, which is based on the definitive blockbuster film, has gone gold.

Players are one step closer to blasting alien arachnids into oblivion and earning their citizenship as an Elite Marauder, all while trying to restore peace, as millions of killer bugs run amuck and threaten human life as we know it.

Starship Troopers introduces a terrifying assortment of enemy bugs for players to destroy using an impressive range of weapons like the M4 Morita Rifle and infamous nuke launchers. Players must control their nerves and use their wit as they move through the game's frenetic missions, which take them through varied combat environments such as wide-opened battlefields, abandoned mines and claustrophobic bug nests.

The game covers the entire Starship Troopers universe from the classic novel and TV series to the feature films. In fact, actor Casper Van Dien, who played the brave yet novice Johnny Rico in the film, introduces each mission in the game.

Available in North America exclusively through Destineer Publishing Corp., Starship Troopers is scheduled for release November 15, 2005 at a suggested retail price of $39.99.